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The Attached Meme

Inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode of the same name.

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You and the other person now have two problems. One, you're aware of each other's surface thoughts regardless of either of your wishes, and two, if you try to distance yourselves from each other you're struck with nausea and vertigo until you manage to get close again.
Optionally, roll for or choose details:
1. You've been captured by some hostile force and had devices surgically implanted into the backs of your necks in order to facilitate interrogation. The mental link between you and dependency on proximity are just side-effects. Can you escape under these conditions?
2. You've been cursed by a spellcaster or supernatural being who wants you to "learn a lesson". Whether that's a real lesson about each other made possible by forced openness and time spent together or just the lesson of "don't mess with me" is an open question, and figuring it out may be key to having the curse broken...
3. One of you has suddenly awakened to latent paranormal powers, or your existing powers are suddenly misbehaving -- perhaps due to unforeseen interaction with the other person's abilities, if they have them. Maybe you could solve this, or at least the part about having to stay near each other, if you could only gain control over your power...
4. You were both willingly part of a scientific experiment, whether one of your own design or something you both volunteered for, and this... was not the result you signed up for. The mental link may or may not have been a known goal, but the involuntary aspect and the inability to separate aren't things either of you expected. Can science undo what it has done?
5. You both came into contact with an unknown substance, whether by accident or simply because of mutual curiosity, and this was the result. Now if you're going to be able to have privacy relative to each other again, you're going to have to figure out what it is and why it had the effect on you it did in order to find a way to counteract it.
6. Your choice, or something new!
Have fun!

Under other circumstances, Spock might have found his situation fascinating. As it is, he's trying to keep himself calm. Starfleet trains all its cadets ways to undergo interrogation and torture. Vulcans have an advantage in that, being more in control of their physiological responses, and the Dalek's interrogation techniques were rather lacking. At least, until they implanted something in the back of his neck, and he began to pick up thoughts that were obviously not his own.

Immobilized as he was, he couldn't turn his head to look at the Dalek. Instead he remained still, eyes closed, focusing on the dry mantra that was being repeated over and over again in his head. Also unaware that the link apparently went both ways.

~ If they held honor, they would be similar to Klingons. Attempting to exterminate all other species is illogical and impossible. ~

"It is not im-pos-i-ble," the Dalek scientis reprimands the prisoner. His fellow Daleks swinging their eyestalks around because they didn't hear the first part of that conversation. But the Dalek in question doesn't realize Spock's thoughts were not spoken aloud.

"Who came with you to this planet? You will tell us where you have hidden your ship." The Dalek trying to activate the implant to force Spock to talk as he slides forwards, eyestalk close in to Spock's face. "You will answer."

Opening his eyes, he stares at the Dalek for a moment, face completely impassive. Oh. The thought link went both ways. That was... perhaps something he could use to his advantage.

~ No, I will not. ~

...malfunction. Recalibrate.

The Dalek believing the error to be in the implant itself. A few minor adjustments should take care of that. Right? He can make the adjustments inside of his armor, actually strengthening the connection instead of reversing it.

"If you will not, you will be ex-ter-minated."

The other Daleks look at each other then to the Dalek speaking to Spock. Something was not quite right here but they couldn't put their finger....erm...tentacle on it.

The Attached Meme

DALEK.

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